A prominent Marvel Rivals leaker surprised fans by claiming the X-Men hero Cyclops could be coming to the game in the near future. Most recently, NetEase Games introduced Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman as playable characters in Marvel Rivals. While fans are eagerly awaiting Human Torch and The Thing as the remaining members of The Fantastic Four, they'll need to sit tight until the game's next major update, which is expected to arrive sometime in February.

It's been the better part of a decade since Hyper Light Drifter was released, but the prequel, Hyper Light Breaker, finally made it into early access this week after a nearly two-year delay. Players on Steam have left some unflattering reviews about the game's bugs at this stage, but developer Heart Machine is promising that fixes are on the way.In a post on social media, Heart Machine apologized for the issues with the game and noted that it is "pushing out performance improvements ASAP." In a separate post, Heart Machine invited players to share their dxdiag info on Discord if they're having problems on a machine that meets or exceeds the game's system requirements.Apologies for anyone experiencing issues! We're pushing out performance improvements ASAP.We're adding a vsync toggle, but for now, you can add this launch option in Steam to enable vsync "-ExecCmds="r.vsync 1""We'll also roll out mouse sensitivity settings ASAP! pic.twitter.com/V2sTGHDPle Hyper Light Breaker - Early Access NOW LIVE! (@HLBreaker) January 14, 2025 The early reviews on Steam are mostly negative, with common complaints about the lack of sensitivity settings, stiff movement and combat, the inability to rebind command keys, and a largely non-existant story compared to the first game. A few of the reviews have good things to say about the combat in this roguelike game, but the general consensus is that Hyper Light Breaker lacks polish even at this stage in its development. Heart Machine has replied to some of the negative reviews and said it will address the issues that were brought up.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Kingdom Come: Deliverance has some of the best first-person melee combat in gaming, with a wide selection of shortswords, longswords, maces, and axes for players to find and improve their skills with. Each of these different weapon styles has its strengths and weaknesses, so Henry should travel with multiple weapon types so he's prepared for any encounter.

Unlocking your Ascendancy in Path of Exile 2 is the biggest leap forward you can make for your character. Your Ascension class offers more specialized nodes to acquire that allow you to further customize the build you've chosen. It might take some time to unlock the Ascendancy through the Trial of Sekhemas in Act 2, but it's well worth the trouble.However, even after making it through the trial, it's not all butterflies and rainbows. All six classes in Path of Exile 2 have two Ascension classes to choose from and once you make your choice, there's no turning back or respecing. As such, you need to ensure you have all the information so you make the best decision for your character.Below, we'll showcase both Ascendancies for all six classes in Path of Exile 2 along with our recommendation for each class. Warrior Ascendancies WarbringerA more melee-focused class that utilizes Totems and Warcries to damage enemies and boost your stats. Totems offer passive damage that allows you to focus on keeping your HP up. Here are the Warbringer Ascendancy Nodes:Anvil's Weight: Break Armour equal to 10% of Hit Damage dealt.Answered Call: Trigger Ancestral Spirits when you summon a Totem.Grants Skill: Ancestral Spirits.Imploding Impacts: You can Break Enemy Armour to below 0.Jade Heritage: Gain a stack of Jade every second.Grants Skill: Encased in Jade.Warcallers Bellow: Corpses in your presence explode when you Warcry, dealing 25% of their life as physical damage.Greatwolf's Howl: Ignore Warcry Cooldowns.Renly's Training: Gain 40% Base Chance to Block from Equipped Shield instead of the Shield's value.Turtle Charm: 35% less Block chance.Can Block Damage from all Hits while Shield is not Raised.Wooden Wall: 20% of Damage from Hits is taken from your nearest Totem's Life before you.TitanA class more centered around health and defense than overall damage. You'll be a tankier character that can take several hits from enemies before having to worry about using a life flask.Ancestral Empowerment: Every second Slam Skill you use yourself is Ancestrally Boosted.Colossal Capacity: Carry a Chest which adds 20 Inventory Slots.Earthbreaker: 20% chance for Slam Skills you use yourself to cause Aftershocks.Crushing Impacts: Your hits are Crushing Blows.Surprising Strength: 40% more Damage against Heavy Stunned Enemies.Hulking Form: 50% increased effect of Small Passive Skills.Mysterious Lineage: 15% more Maximum Life.Stone Skin: 50% more Armour from Equipped Body Armor.Overall, we recommend the Titan Ascendancy for most Warrior builds. While the damage you get in exchange for going with the Warbringer, Titan allows you to stay alive for longer against enemies and bosses. Since a majority of the harder bosses in Path of Exile 2 are so melee-oriented, Warriors are going to be at a disadvantage unless they have the proper health and defense.With the Titan, you can still equip high-damage skills while also having more HP and a higher overall defense. It's the best of both worlds and the Warbringer can't necessarily match what the Ascendancy brings to the table. Monk Ascendancies Acolyte of ChayulaThe Acolyte of Chayula is a dark Monk Ascension that utilizes shadow damage as well as defensive capabilities from certain skills. The defensive skills with the Ascension allow you to leech Mana and grants you extra Darkness powers.Chayula's Gift: +10% to Maximum Chaos Resistance. Chaos Resistance is doubled.Consuming Questions: You cannot Recharge Energy Shield.Mana Leech effects also Recovers Energy Shield.Embrace the Darkness: Remove all Spirit.Base Maximum Darkness is 100.For each Life of Energy Shield lost to Damage, reserve 1 Darkness instead if possible.Darkness Reservation lasts for 10 seconds.+5 Maximum Darkness per Level.Grasp of the Void: Gain 1% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage per 20 Unreserved Darkness.Inner Silence: 50% reduced Darkness Reservation Duration.Lucid Dreaming: Effect and Duration of Flames of Chayula on you is doubled.Ravenous Doubts: Mana Leech is instant.Waking Dream: Grants Skill: Into the Breach.Reality Rending: 23% chance to Gain 25% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage.13% chance to Gain 50% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage.7% chance to Gain 100% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage.InvokerThe Invoker is an elemental damage Monk class that is much more offensive-focused than the Acolyte of Chayula. The elements can deal significant damage as well as help stun enemies so you can get in free damage.And Scatter Them to the Winds Grants Skill: Elemental Expression.Trigger Elemental Expression on Melee Critical Hit.Elemental Expression emits waves of Elemental power with each Critical Hit.And Protect me from Harm: Evasion Rating also grants Physical Damage reduction. 40% less Evasion Rating.And I Shall Rage: Grants Skill: Unbound Avatar.Faith is a Choice: Grants Skill: Meditate.I am the Blizzard: Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage. On Freezing Enemies create Chilled Ground.I am the Thunder: Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage.25% chance on Shocking Enemies to create Shocked Ground.Lead me Through Grace: Gain 1 Spirit for every 6 Energy Shield on equipped Body Armour.Gain 1 Spirit for every 15 Evasion Rating on equipped Body Armour.Cannot gain Spirit from Equipment.Sunder my Enemies: Critical Hits ignore non-negative Enemy Monster Elemental Resistances.The Soul Springs Eternal: Meta Skills gain 35% more Energy.Our pick for the best Monk Ascendancy is the Invoker. Harnessing the power of the elements as well as the ability to create Power Charges will allow you to breeze through several tougher boss fights. The nodes also grant you some powerful skills, including Unbound Avatar and Meditate. Sorceress Ascendancies ChronomancerChronomancer utilizes time-manipulation skills and nodes that can turn the tides of battle if things aren't going your way. You'll also gain access to better cooldown periods and faster cast speeds.Apex of the Moment: Enemies in your Presence are Slowed by 20%.Circular Heartbeat: 30% of Damage taken Recouped as Life.Footprints in the Sand: Grants Skill: Temporal Rift.Now and Again: Skills have 33% chance to not consume a Cooldown when used.Quicksand Hourglass: Every 12 seconds, gain 50% more Cast Speed for 4 seconds.The Rapid River: Recoup Effects instead occur over 4 seconds.Ultimate Command: Grants Skill: Time Freeze.Unbound Encore: Grants Skill: Time Snap.StormweaverStormweaver is another Ascendancy that's focused on elemental damage and improving your elemental defenses. While it seems like a more offensive class up front, the reductions in elemental damage against you really help against certain enemies and bosses.Constant Gale: You have an Arcane Surge.Force of Will: 1% increased Effect of Arcane Surge on you per 15 Maximum Mana.Heart of the Storm: 40% of Elemental Damage taken Recouped as Energy Shield.Heavy Snows: Targets can be affected by two of your Chills at the same time.Your Chills can Slow targets by up to a maximum of 35%.25% less Magnitude of Chill you inflict.Rain Dancer: Elemental Storm has 150% more Cooldown Recovery Rate.Strike Twice: Targets can be affected by two of your Shocks at the same time. 50% less Shock Duration.Shaper of Storms: All Damage from Hits Contributes to Shock Chance.Scouring Winds: Exposure you inflict lowers the affected Resistance by an additional 20%.Shaper of Winter: All Damage from Hits Contributes to Chill Magnitude.Tempest Caller: Grants Skill: Elemental Storm.Our recommendation for the Sorceress Ascendancy is the Stormweaver. While Chronomancer is certainly not a bad pick, Stormweaver has a nice balance of offensive and defensive stat buffs that can make the endgame a breeze if you utilize the right build. Witch Ascendancies BloodmageBloodmage is an Ascendancy centered around improving the Witch's defenses through leeching and stacking HP bonuses. However, the Bloodmage can also leverage these bonuses into more damaging attacks as well, making it a nice all-around choice.SanguimancyGrants Skill: Life Remnants.Vitality Siphon10% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life.Open SoresYour Curses have infinite Duration.Blood BarbsGain 10% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage.Elemental Damage can inflict Bleeding.Gore Spike1% increased Critical Damage Bonus per 20 Life.Sunder the FleshBase Critical Hit Chance for Spells is 15%.Grasping Wounds25% of Life Loss of Damaging Hits is lost over 4 seconds instead.Crimson PowerGain Energy Shield from equipped Body Armour as extra Maximum Life.InfernalistThe Infernalist is all about dealing damage with fire. Your skills range from simply boosting fire damage to gaining skills that allow you to deal passive damage. You can also replace your Maximum Mana with Maximum Infernal Flame, which adds another layer of strategy to casting skills.Altered Flesh 20% of Cold Damage taken as Fire Damage.20% of Lightning Damage taken as Fire Damage.20% of Physical Damage taken as Chaos Damage.Beidat's GazeReserves 25% of Life. +1 to Maximum Mana per 6 Maximum Life.Beidat's Will Reserves 25% of Life. +1 to maximum Spirit per 25 Maximum Life.Beidat's Hand Reserves 25% of Life. +1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 4 Maximum Life.Demonic Possession Grants Skill: Demon Form.Mastered Darkness Maximum 10 to Demonflame.Pyromantic Pact Maximum Mana is replaced by Maximum Infernal Flame.Gain Infernal Flame instead of spending Mana for Skill costs.Take maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage when Infernal Flame reaches maximum.Lose all Infernal Flame on reaching Maximum Infernal Flame.10% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds.Bringer of Flame While not on Low Infernal Flame, all Damage from you and your Minions contributes to Ignite Chance and Magnitude.Seething Body While on High Infernal Flame, you and allies in your presence gain 20% of damage are fire damage.Loyal Hellhound Grants Skill: Summon Infernal Hellhound.20% of damage from Hits is taken from your Hellhound's Life before you.Grinning Immolation Become ignited when you deal a critical hit, taking 15% of your Life and Energy Shield as fire damage per second.30% more critical damage bonus.If you're looking for the most enjoyment out of the Witch class in Path of Exile 2, go with the Infernalist. It has some extremely fun fire skills as well as an extra layer of depth with the Infernal Flame mechanic. However, the Bloodmage is a fine option as well, so you really can't go wrong with the Witch's Ascendancies. Ranger Ascendancies DeadeyeAs the name suggests, the Deadeye Ascendancy is all about increasing your accuracy with projectiles. While this doesn't sound like a big deal, this can be a huge damage buff if you use your skills correctly.Avidity 30% chance that if you gain Frenzy Charges, you instead gain up to your maximum number of Frenzy Charges.Thrilling Chase Benefits from consuming Frenzy Charges for your skills have 50% chance to be doubled.Eagle Eyes You have no Accuracy Penalty at a Distance.Projectile Proximity Specialisation Point Blank Projectile Hits deal up to 20% more Damage to targets at the start of their movement, losing the damage bonus as the projectile travels farther.Far Shot Projectiles gain Damage as they travel farther, dealing up to 20% more damage with Hits to targets.Endless Munitions Skills fire an additional Projectile.Called Shots You can apply an additional Mark.Gathering Winds Gain Tailwind on Skill use. Lose all Tailwind when Hit.Wind Ward 3% less damage taken per Tailwind.PathfinderPathfinder is a poisonous Ascendancy that also comes with a variety of concoctions you can use to your advantage in combat. Your character will be less affected by slows and movement penalities as well.Connected Chemistry 50% more Flask Charges gained.Enduring Elixirs Life Flask Effects are not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled. Life Flask Effects do not queue.Contagious Contamination The most Damaging Poison on Enemies you Kill is Spread to other Enemies within 1.5 meters.Overwhelming Toxicity Doubles the number of Poisons you can inflict on Enemies.35% less Poison duration.Brew Concoction Bleeding ConcoctionExplosive ConcoctionShattering ConcoctionFulminating ConcoctionPoisonous ConcoctionTraveler's Wisdom Grants 5 Passive Skill PointsRunning Assault 30% less Movement Speed Penalty when using Skills while moving.Relentless Pursuit 100% immune to Slow.While the Pathfinder can be a more enjoyable Ascendancy, most players will find better use out of the Deadeye Ascendancy. The boosts to accuracy and additional skills are invaluable as a Ranger, especially against quicker bosses that make your aim go all over the place. Mercenary Ascendancies Gemling LegionnaireThe Gemling Legionnaire is a jack-of-all-trades Ascendancy. It doesn't focus on any one stat, but instead, focuses on improving your Skill and Support Gems' effectiveness and capacity. You'll also see bonuses for all three attributes on your character.Crystalline Potential +12% to Quality of all Skill Gems.Implanted Gems +1 to Level of all Skills.Advanced Thaumaturgy 30% less Cost of Skills. Skill Gems have 30% more Attribute Requirements.Integrated Efficiency Grants 3 additional Skill Slots.Gem Studded You can use two copies of the same Support Gem in different Skills.Thaumaturgical Infusion +1% to Maximum Cold Resistance per 3 Blue Support Gems Socketed anywhere.+1% to Maximum Fire Resistance per 3 Red Support Gems Socketed anywhere.+1% to Maximum Lightning Resistance per 3 Green Support Gems Socketed anywhere.Adaptive Capability Attribute Requirements of Gems can be satisfied by your highest Attribute.Enhanced Effectiveness Inherent bonuses from Intelligence, Strength, and Dexterity are doubled.WitchhunterWitchhunter is a damage-centric class that grants you a few powerful skills. You'll also be stronger against undead and demon enemies, which can certainly be useful for specific parts of Path of Exile 2.Weapon Master 20 Passive Skill Points become Weapon Set Skill Points.Pitiless Killer Grants Skill: Culling Strike.Judge, Jury, and Executioner Grants Skill: Decimating Strike.Witchbane Enemies have Maximum Concentration equal to 40% of their Maximum Life.Break enemy Concentration on Hit equal to 100% of Damage Dealt.Enemies regain 10% of Concentration every second if they haven't lost Concentration in the past 5 seconds.No Mercy Deal up to 30% more Damage to Enemies based on their missing Concentration.Obsessive Rituals Grants Skill: Sorcery Ward.50% less Armour and Evasion Rating.Ceremonial Ablution 50% increased effect of Sorcery Ward. Sorcery Ward recovers 50% faster.Zealous Inquisition 10% chance for Enemies you Kill to Explode, dealing 100% of their maximum Life as Physical Damage.Chance is doubled against Undead and Demons.While the extra bonuses to gems and attributes the Gemling Legionnaire offers, there's no beating the overall damage of the Witchhunter. The skills you gain access to are extremely strong and you'll also be able to take advantage of the Concentration mechanic as well as kill undead and demon enemies quicker.

Strands has yet another difficult puzzle grid to try and tease six themed words out of. In order to win, you have to figure out the theme from one little clue, then find all the words hidden inside the grid while using every single letter only once.

One of the best ways to experience VR is the Meta Quest 3S, and Amazon has the best deal weve seen yet on the 256 GB model of this VR headset. Usually $399.99, you can pick up the 256 GB Meta Quest 3S for just $349.99, giving you double the storage of the baseline model for just $50 extra. There isnt any other way to supplement the storage of the headset, making this is an option worthy of consideration. The 3S has lower resolution than the more expensive Meta Quest 3, and a slightly narrower field of view when used in augmented reality mode, but is otherwise equipped with the same processor and has access to the same library of titles available via the Quest App store. Your purchase comes with a free copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow, but youll also get a three-month trial of Meta Quest Plus, which gives you access to a free library of titles in addition to a pair of games that rotate each month. However, if the Quest App store doesnt have what youre looking for, the Quest 3S can also play VR titles from the Steam store using the Steam Link app. Personally, I never lent VR gaming much credence until I became a Meta Quest owner. Even older titles like Beat Saber, Superhot VR, Half-Life: Alyx, and The Climb offer experiences that are impossible to replicate outside of a VR environment. If you want to experience this growing frontier of gaming, the Quest 3S is one of the best ways to do it.

The Sims franchise is a quarter-century old as of Feb. 4th, and its been a wild 25 years of WooHooing, drowning Sims in pools, painting goblins in the basement, vampire dynasties, grinding the career ladder, and other soap opera antics. Maxis and Electronic Arts hosted a short stream Tuesday showing some of the upcoming content, including new stuff packs, creator collaborations, and quality of life updates.On Feb. 4, developer Maxis will be adding a ton of free cosmetics in the game, both in Create-A-Sim and the Build and Buy modes. This includes new hairstyles, clothing items, shoes, wallpapers, windows, wood finishes on kitchen cabinets, and a massive pirate ship playground for Sim kids.Later in March, Maxis will also be overhauling the lighting in The Sims 4, allowing for more dynamic lighting and realistic reflections. This makes setting up a bay window in the breakfast nook much more attractive, and architects will no doubt enjoy setting up their Sims home for peak aesthetics.Maxis also shared some smaller changes coming to The Sims 4, like an overhaul of many common Sims properties using new pieces added to the game over its lifespan. Players will also notice a new menu when they log in starting on Tuesday, with their current Sim family save front and center.In September, Electronic Arts and Maxis announced that there may not be a The Sims 5, and they will continue supporting The Sims 4. Project Rene, a secretive project focusing on multiplayer, is still going through early playtesting. Well have to wait for more details on what Project Rene will look like, and how itll mix with The Sims 4. Maxis is clearly learning from these playtests and continually updating the game with features, like the Occult Switcher.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.Meta has made virtual reality (VR) accessible to many more people, offering good VR headsets for much cheaper than the competition. Right now, the 256GB Meta Quest 3S Batman: Arkham Shadow Bundle is $349 (originally $399.99), the lowest price it has been according to price-tracking tools. The bundle brings the Batman game (an excellent game with a list price of $49.99) and a three-month trial subscription to the Meta Quest+ service that's normally $7.99 a month. All of this is $50 more than the 128GB model, and you also get to double your storage. Meta Quest 3S Batman: Arkham Shadow Bundle, 256GB Item model number:Quest 3S, Item Weight: 4.86 pounds, Manufacturer: Meta. $349.00 at Amazon $399.99 Save $50.99 Get Deal Get Deal $349.00 at Amazon $399.99 Save $50.99 It's true, the Meta Quest 3 has better graphics, but it costs substantially more than the 3S version (currently $499.99). Lifehacker staff writer Stephen Johnson got his VR headsets on to decide which of the two is better, with the Meta Quest 3S coming out victorious. You can see a more in-depth review of the Quest 3S here. There just isn't enough of a difference to justify the price difference, with the Quest 3S's graphics looking very close to the 3 and running the same games and apps.The Meta Quest 3S has a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, 8GB of RAM, a display resolution of 1,832 by 1,920 (per eye), and a refresh rate of 120Hz. Once you put them on, the horizontal field of view is 96 degrees, and the vertical view is 90 degrees. The audio is stereo, which is nice, and the speakers are compatible with 3D spatial audio. When it comes to battery life, expect up to two and a half hours of juice before having to recharge (expect it to take about two hours for a full charge).What makes the Meta Quest 3S special is how cheap it is to jump into the VR world, with other headsets going for much more (Apple's Vision Pro is still $3,499). The bundle deal makes it even sweeter.

Meta is preparing for even more layoffs, according to reporting by Bloomberg. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a company memo that he plans on cutting about five percent of its "low-performers."Ive decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster, Zuckerberg said in the memo. We typically manage out people who arent meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now were going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle.All told, this could result in 10 percent fewer staff at Meta, once attrition is accounted for. Bloomberg suggested that the forthcoming pink slips will focus on people who have been with the company long enough to receive a performance rating.Between increased layoffs and attrition, nearly 7,000 Meta staff might be leaving the company in the near future. This follows a firing spree that began in late 2022, eventually impacting over 20,000 workers. The company also laid off 60 technical program managers earlier this month."A leaner org will execute its highest priorities faster. People will be more productive, and their work will be more fun and fulfilling," Zuckerberg said in 2024. Nothing says fun and fulfilling like living in constant fear of being fired.Meta has had an unusual year so far. We are only halfway through January and the Zuck has already ended third-party fact checking across Meta platforms, appointed UFC CEO Dana White to Metas board and took a trip to Mar-a-lago to bend the knee. The company also changed its "Hateful Content" policy to make it safer for homophobes and it came out that Instagram had been shadowbanning common LGBTQ hashtags.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/mark-zuckerberg-plans-to-lay-off-an-additional-five-percent-of-metas-workforce-182651886.html?src=rss

If you want to listen to a soundtrack from a movie or TV show, you can usually find it on a licensed streaming service, if not buy the songs outright. Sadly, that's not typically the case with video-game music. Most game soundtracks are not publicly available, which is why YouTube is the #1 source for listening to tracks from your favorite games.In particular, Nintendo hates when third parties upload any of their content to YouTube, whether that's game footage or music. Over the years, the company has gone after creators who upload their copyrighted music to the platform, even though Nintendo itself has offered few viable outlets for fans to find that music legally. Until late last year, anyway.Nintendo Music is the answerAt the end of October 2024, Nintendo announced a new music streaming service, called, appropriately, "Nintendo Music." Nintendo Music is an app for your smartphone, and it resembles other music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, only rather than find music from Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and The Beatles, it houses music from Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. While you can find plenty of specific game soundtracks to listen to, there are some fun and unique options as well. Like other streaming services, Nintendo Music offers playlists based on different moods, themes, or even characters. There are playlists for songs inspired by Bowser or Peach, for example, as well as roundups of songs from boss battles, moments where you win the game, as well as when you start a new adventure. The "Powering Up" playlist, for instance, has "Hyrule Field Main Theme" from Ocarina of Time, "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and "Tera Raid Battle" from Pokmon Scarlet and Pokmon Violet. Not bad.How Nintendo Music worksThe app is free to download on iOS and Android, but you do need to be subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online. (Any of the plans will do.) After downloading the app, I just needed to sign into my account, choose whether or not to enable notification (never enable notifications), tap through a pop-up warning me that some songs may be spoilers for games I haven't beaten yet, and I was in.As far as streaming apps go, it's pretty straightforward: You choose a song or playlist, and it plays, complete with a still from its game. One neat feature is you can tap an "Extend to" button on certain songs to have a song play for 15, 30, or even 60 minutes. (But when are you going to add a 10-hour option, Nintendo?) You have basic playback controls, the option to repeat or shuffle, and the option to reorder a playlist.If you tap the () menu on any given song, you can choose to add it to your favorites, download the song for offline playback, add the song to another playlist, add the song next on your queue, add the song last on your queue, see more tracks from the game the song is from, share the song with others, or see the credits for the track itself.A growing library (with some oversights)As a huge fan of Nintendo music, the music, I'm mostly feeling positive about Nintendo Music, the app. This experience is long overdue, and the selection of tracks is relatively varied, especially now that it has been up and running for a few months. There are songs from many different Nintendo brands and eras, including new Pokmon, old Donkey Kong, even Nintendogs. This isn't something Nintendo launched and immediately abandoned, either: The company has been adding new game soundtracks each month since the app's release:In October, right after debuting the service, Nintendo added music from Super Mario Bros. Wonder. In November, we got Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Wii Sports, F-Zero X, and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! In December, Nintendo added Splatoon 2, Wave Race 64, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, a "Party" playlist, and Super Mario 64. In January, we have Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, and, most recently, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.I still have a soft spot for those YouTube playlists I used to rely on for background music. Those creators didn't own the rights to the tracks, but they spent time crafting playlists of their favorite Nintendo tunes for others to enjoy, in a time when they largely did not exist outside the games they came from. While many of those creators' efforts may be more in jeopardy than ever, Nintendo Music has not replaced one particularly important subgenre on YouTube: Nintendo lofi. While you can listen to many Nintendo originals on the company's new app, you can still turn to creators like GameChops for lofi remixes of iconic tracks. (I'm quite partial to "Zelda & Chill" playlists, but "Chilltendo Deluxe" offers a good mix of different Nintendo tunes as lofi beats.) One interesting benefit to using the official app is that Nintendo is taking spoilers seriously. If you're worried about seeing song titles that may ruin plot points to games you haven't played or finished, you can go into Settings, hit "Spoiler prevention," and add all the games you want to hide music from.Another unexpected move from NintendoWhy is Nintendo launching this app at this late date? The company has been acting a little odd lately. While rumors swirl about the successor to the Nintendo Switch (lovingly referred to as the Nintendo Switch 2), the company has decidedly not made any significant announcements about it. Instead, they've dropped goodies like Nintendo Music, and an unrelated piece of hardware: a $100 alarm clock called Alarmo. Nintendo Switch 2 news does seem to be immanent, but until that new console comes along, at least we can enjoy waking up and going through our days to the beat of Nintendo music.